It's MY Money!

Join us for the season finale as Papa Tony and Dave Labarthe discuss Christmas money hacks and their outlook for the year that lies ahead.

Dave’s investor club class is full and ready to kick off in January, there may be room for a second cohort if enough folk hustle. And if you wanted to hear firsthand about the benefits of learning the ins and outs of managing your own money, take a listen to how one club member managed to pay off his debt and fulfill his dream.

The guys look ahead at 2022 and as Papa Tony says, ‘options give you options’. Dave is confident that market volatility is likely to bring bargains. Take a listen to this week’s episode of It’s MY Money! and have a spectacularly successful new year.

We hope you enjoy this episode. As usual, if you have questions for Papa Tony or Dave please email us at [email protected] and subscribe and share with a friend if you enjoyed this show. 

Thanks for listening folks. 

Remember, nothing you hear on the show should be construed as investment advice.

Here’s why having a plan B is important. Dragan Ognjanovic, like all of our listeners, took a severe hit in 2020. Because Dragan had learned how to manage his own options portfolio, he took advantage of a depressed market to buy an Irish pub in his beloved homeland, Serbia.

Of course at the time of recording this podcast we are all still in the thick of the fifth wave of the pandemic. Some might say the worst possible time to buy an Irish pub. But because of his experience learned through his investor club, Dragan not only had the cash to buy his dream business, but his profits are also keeping it afloat as he rides out the pandemic.

Having a plan B so resilient that one can buy bargains during a depressed market, and have enough profit coming in is the dream right? Not so says investor club champion, Dave Labarthe, “all of my investor club protégés are seeing significantly better results now, in the middle of this pandemic, than they did in 2019”

Take a listen to this “It’s My Money!” podcast episode to hear firsthand how Dragan’s ‘Plan B’ came together.


We hope you enjoy this episode. As usual, if you have questions for Papa Tony or Dave please email us at [email protected]and subscribe and share with a friend if you enjoyed this show. 

Thanks for listening folks. 

Remember, nothing you hear on the show should be construed as investment advice.

Investor Clubs are finding favour with a growing community of investors disillusioned with high fees and poor results.

Learning to evaluate and manage their own options in a risk-free environment (a small contribution from each club member is pooled each month and this amount is used to gain live experience on the markets.  Decisions are made democratically by the group under the watchful eye of a mentor). Eventually, when the investor club member feels comfortable enough to leave the coop, they set up their own personal trading accounts and manage their own investments. There are stories of ex-club members enjoying so success on their own that they have retired early or purchased their bucket list businesses.

The success of each investor club is partly due to the club mentor having his or her own ‘skin in the game’.

Take a listen to this episode of Its My Money to find out more.


We hope you enjoy this episode. As usual, if you have questions for Papa Tony or Dave please email us at [email protected]and subscribe and share with a friend if you enjoyed this show. 

Thanks for listening folks. 

Remember, nothing you hear on the show should be construed as investment advice.

We want the best for our kids. When it comes to money, the best is not to leave them an inheritance. Or to give in and buy them whatever their hearts desire. The best lesson we can teach our kids is to show them how to invest wisely. And in today's show, Papa Tony and Dave Labarthe have not one, not two, but TEN lessons we should be teaching our kids about money. Take a listen.

We hope you enjoy this episode. As usual, if you have questions for Papa Tony or Dave please email us at [email protected]and subscribe and share with a friend if you enjoyed this show. 

Thanks for listening folks.  There’s a new show out every week. 

Remember, nothing you hear on the show should be construed as investment advice.

In this episode Papa Tony and Dave Labarthe share special moments and life lessons. Take a listen to these two dads - and investor club advocates - as they explain how they have been schooled by their kids.

Having an open mind as a parent is an incredible asset. And often kids are more in touch with business trends than we give them credit for.

Dave and Papa Tony share how they’ve hacked their kids genius and interests and then pivoted this knowledge to make investing fun and interesting for their teens.

If there’s one skill set to leave your kids, it should be how to live a life of financial independence.

If you’re a mum, or a dad, listen up. Here’s where it gets interesting...

We hope you enjoy this episode. As usual, if you have questions for Papa Tony or Dave please email us at [email protected] and subscribe and share with a friend if you enjoyed this show. 

Thanks for listening folks.  There’s a new show out every week.

Remember, nothing you hear on the show should be construed as investment advice.

Are you preparing your kids for a lifetime of financial security - or are you setting them up to fail?

In this episode of 'It's MY money!' we chat to Dave and Papa Tony about the best financial advice they have been given, and what they’re passing on to their children.

But how early is too early to learn financial literacy?  The answer might surprise you.
If you’re a parent this episode is one you don’t want to miss. 

Take a listen!

We hope you enjoy this episode. As usual, if you have questions for Papa Tony or Dave please email us at [email protected] and subscribe and share with a friend if you enjoyed this show. 

Thanks for listening folks.  There’s a new show out every week. 

Remember, nothing you hear on the show should be construed as investment advice.

Join us this week as I interrogate Papa Tony and Dave Labarthe on their knowledge of trading terms. Do they really know as much as they intimate? Let's find out.

My name is Andrew Mark and we look forward to your company. If this is your first time here, The It’s MY Money show is all about private investors managing their own portfolios.

Welcome to our 10th episode of It’s MY Money! - this episode is packed full of extra fun. I know, complicated trading options and fun seem incongruous, but these guys are just so passionate about their clubs, and they have a knack of demystifying jargon, and well, it's just hard to keep the grin off their faces. Take a listen.

In this episode I promised to give a list of options terminology and so here are some terms you will hear on the show with many more to come in future episodes:

• Call: An option to buy stock at a set price and by a certain date/time.
• Put: An option to sell stock at a determined price within a determined period.
• Expiration date: When the options contract expires. It’s the future date that when it comes around you must action something on your contract.
• Strike price is the price you can buy or sell the stock at (if you choose this option)
• Premium: The price per share you pay for an option. 
• Premium can be made up of:

Intrinsic value: This is the value of an option calculated between a stock’s current market price and the options ‘strike’ price.

Time value: An option's value based on how much time is left before the contract expires. 

• Last: The price that was last paid or received when that option was traded.
• Bid: What a buyer would pay for an option. (If you're the seller this is the premium you'd collect)
• Ask: What a seller will accept for the option. (Or if you're the buyer, this is the premium you'd pay).
• Change: Percent the price changed since yesterday's closing price.
• Open interest: How many contracts are in play
• Volume: How many contracts are traded in a particular day.

We hope you enjoy this episode. As usual, if you have questions for Papa Tony or Dave please email us at [email protected] and subscribe and share us with a friend if you enjoyed this show. 

Thanks for listening folks.  There’s a new show out every week.

Remember, nothing you hear on the show should be construed as investment advice.

This week Papa Tony and Dave Labarthe talk about investing in Energiser (the battery bunny people, not to be confused with Duracell, who are also the battery bunny people - watch this video after you have listened to the podcast  (https://youtu.be/5pFmkaXiaiM) and they talk about the Peloton (PTON) wobble after product recalls.  Could this make Peloton options trading attractive to the super cautious clubs? What will Dave and Papa Tony decide?

Then Dave and Papa Tony dive into the huge lengths investor clubs go to, to protect their members from the markets (and each other!).

Join me in this weeks edition of It’s My Money! as I moderate another cool chat between Dave and Papa Tony, asking your questions along the way.

My name is Andrew Mark and we look forward to your company. If this is your first time here, The It’s My Money show is all about private investors managing their own portfolios. The skills to do this are taught in the safest way possible, through investor clubs. The premise behind Investor Clubs is simple. By meeting up with like minded folk, participating in a non-threatening, non judgmental club atmosphere, members quickly gain experience in trading options.  Each member contributes  a small amount (usually €100/ month) into the investment pool, and club investment decisions are made democratically. Club profits are re-invested or distributed amongst members.

Once club members feel they are ready to leave the nest (each investor’s club actually sets its expiry date at inception) they go off and happily manage their investments, secure in their own knowledge.

Its a safe, fun (and social) way to become truly financially independent.

If you are interested in joining a club drop me a line on [email protected] with your details, and I’ll connect you with either Dave or Papa Tony directly. Enjoy the show! Don’t forget to subscribe and share us with someone you care about!


If you enjoy this episode, please share it with someone you care about? Dave and Papa Tony are on a mission to demystify the markets and show how much fun it can be to take charge of your own money.

Thanks for listening folks.  There’s a new show out every week.

Remember, nothing you hear on the show should be construed as investment advice.

Should you have any questions you'd like us to address in an upcoming show, please email us at [email protected].

In this week’s ‘It’s My Money’ show we ask our panel the hardest question of all: “how much, and for how long, must I be in the game until I am making enough  residual income from my portfolio to fire my boss and retire?’

The answer to that question may surprise a lot of people.

We also discuss the booming pet pharma business and how Blackberry, that clunky brand many people still think of as a mobile phone company, is actually easing ahead of the competition in its new niche. Blackberry is cleaning up in the EV and digital automotive product space. Here’s why Dave and Papa Tony think that’s important.

Enjoy the show!


If you enjoy this episode, please share it with someone you care about? Dave and Papa Tony are on a mission to demystify the markets and show how much fun it can be to take charge of your own money.

Thanks for listening folks.  There’s a new show out every week.

Remember, nothing you hear on the show should be construed as investment advice.

Should you have any questions you'd like us to address in an upcoming show, please email us at [email protected].

How Dave’s Geneva based investor’s club invaded Wall Street, enjoyed super sized New York style dining and learned enough about investing to make their heads explode!

Take a listen to Papa Tony explain his conservatively cautious view on the markets, and why this approach matches his psychological attitude towards investments.

Take a listen to this weeks It’s MY money! show: it’s a goodie.



If you enjoy this episode, please share it with someone you care about? Dave and Papa Tony are on a mission to demystify the markets and show how much fun it can be to take charge of your own money.

Thanks for listening folks.  There’s a new show out every week.

Remember, nothing you hear on the show should be construed as investment advice.

Should you have any questions you'd like us to address in an upcoming show, please email us at [email protected].